Lawyer is No. 2, with a salary of $144,500. Pharmacy manager and pharmacist are both among the top 25.

A variety of top-paying positions are in the information technology field. They include software development manager (with a median base salary of $132,000) and information systems manager (with a salary of $106,000).

Glassdoor chief economist Andrew Chamberlain explains that tech jobs and health care jobs are among the best-paying because higher pay is tied to in-demand skills and higher levels of education.

“Our research shows that a big paycheck isn’t necessarily tied to long-term satisfaction in your job. Instead, when we dig deeper into what keeps employees satisfied once they’re in a job and with a company, we find that culture and values, career opportunities, and trust in senior leadership are the biggest drivers of employee satisfaction.”

The top-paying positions on Glassdoor’s latest list are:

Physician: median base salary of $180,000

Lawyer: $144,500

Research and development manager: $142,120

Software development manager: $132,000

Pharmacy manager: $130,000

Strategy manager: $130,000

Software architect: $128,250

Integrated circuit designer engineer: $127,500

IT manager: $120,000

Solutions architect: $120,000

Engagement manager: $120,000

Applications development manager: $120,000

Pharmacist: $118,000

Systems architect: $116,920

Finance manager: $115,000

Data scientist: $115,000

Risk manager: $115,000

Creative director: $115,000

Actuary: $115,000

Data architect: $113,000

Tax manager: $110,000

Product manager: $107,000

Design manager: $106,500

Analytics manager: $106,000

Information systems manager: $106,000

This ranking is based on salary reports shared on Glassdoor by U.S.-based employees over the past year.

Based on the number of active job openings on Glassdoor as of late February, the most in-demand of the 25 highest-paying jobs are:

Product manager: 7,758 job openings

Pharmacist: 4,502

Software development manager: 3,495

IT manager: 3,152

Solutions architect: 2,838

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